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August 2026

Divya Mahajan Makes India Proud, Becomes World’s Youngest Female to Swim Across the North Channel

At an age when most teenagers are navigating school friends and everyday challenges -year-old Divya Mahajan was battling freezing seas and powerful currents The Nashik teenager has created history by becoming the youngest person ever to swim across the North Channel completing the daunting crossing in hours and minutes on August Her achievement also shattered the previous age record set by Indian swimmer Anshuman Jhingran who completed the challenge in at the age of Nearly Hours in Freezing WatersDivya began her historic swim at am from Donaghadee in Northern Ireland Nearly hours later at around pm she reached Portpatrick in Scotland But the journey was anything but easy The North Channel also known as the Irish Channel is considered one of the most demanding open-water swimming challenges Water temperatures can remain between C and C even during summer while strong currents rough seas and unpredictable weather can turn the crossing

31 Aug 2026
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At 43, This Indian Mom Climbed Europe’s Highest Peak With the Tricolour!

For -year-old Shivani Mehrotra the mountains were never part of a childhood dream Her journey began in when she planned a trek to Mount Everest Base Camp with her best friend That first adventure changed everything What began as a single trek soon became a passion From Kashmir and Ladakh to the Himalayas Mehrotra gradually took on more challenging climbs including Friendship Peak and Mount Kilimanjaro She has also completed four of the five major Kailash-related treks she has set for herself But her biggest dream is still waiting Mount Everest and the Seven Summits While chasing mountain peaks Mehrotra has also been raising her -year-old daughter and managing family responsibilities Based in Mumbai with her family she credits her parents husband daughter and friends for giving her the confidence to keep climbing She also points out how uncommon it is to see women over taking on high-altitude expeditions For

31 Aug 2026
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INS Nipun Joins the Navy: India’s Deep-Sea Capabilities Get Stronger

The Indian Navy has added a powerful new capability to its fleet with the commissioning of INS Nipun the second Diving Support Vessel DSV of the Nistar class at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai on August Built to operate where missions become increasingly complex and demanding the vessel is designed to support deep-sea diving underwater intervention and submarine rescue operations Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Krishna Swaminathan described Nipun as an important addition at a time when the maritime environment is becoming increasingly contested He said the vessel would significantly strengthen the Western Naval Command s ability to undertake specialised underwater operations Built in India Designed for the DeepINS Nipun is an example of India s growing shipbuilding capabilities The vessel has been indigenously designed and constructed by Hindustan Shipyard Limited HSL Visakhapatnam Measuring metres in length and weighing around tonnes the ship has been purpose-built to provide sustained

31 Aug 2026
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Saunamara: The Small Village Behind Some of India’s Biggest Hockey Names!

At first glance Saunamara looks like any other quiet village in Odisha s Sundargarh district With open fields narrow roads and a population of just over there is little to suggest that this place has played an outsized role in Indian hockey But step inside and the story changes For decades hockey has been woven into the culture of this tribal belt The village has produced more than national-level players and seven international players including hockey legend and Padma Shri awardee Dilip Tirkey Indian defender Amit Rohidas Dipsan Tirkey and former Indian women s team captain Subhadra Pradhan No wonder Saunamara is proudly known as India s Hockey Village From Homemade Sticks to International ArenasIn Saunamara children often pick up a hockey stick almost as naturally as they take to school Traditionally youngsters made their own sticks by bending kendu branches shaping one end into a curve and heating it

31 Aug 2026
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10 Minutes Before the Flood: How a Nepal Headteacher Saved 1,600 Children

On the morning of August Tribhuvan Trishuli Secondary School in Nuwakot Nepal was filled with the ordinary sounds of school life Nearly children were already on the premises while hundreds more were still making their way to school Then at around am the warnings began Headteacher Rajendra Dawadi received several urgent calls from people in and around Betrawati a village upstream The message was alarming the river was rising rapidly and floodwaters were heading towards the area Dawadi did not wait for certainty He sounded the school bell ordered teachers to clear the classrooms and told the children to move towards higher ground He also called school bus drivers and instructed them to turn around before reaching the dangerous valley Within minutes the school was transformed from a place of learning into an evacuation zone Just Minutes From DisasterAround children were either at school or travelling there that morning Teachers

31 Aug 2026
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ISRO’s Big Comeback: ‘Hawkeye’ Satellite Set for September 4 Launch

ISRO is set for a crucial return to the launch pad on September with the space agency preparing to send EOS- formerly known as GISAT- A into orbit aboard the GSLV-F rocket ISRO Chairman Dr V Narayanan confirmed the launch plan to NDTV The mission comes nearly eight months since ISRO s last launch and follows two consecutive PSLV setbacks Once in orbit EOS- will operate nearly kilometres above Earth giving India a powerful continuous bird s-eye view of its territory India s Hawkeye in SpaceEOS- could become a powerful tool for watching rapidly changing events on the ground The satellite is expected to repeatedly image India through the day helping authorities monitor cyclones floods cloudbursts forest fires and other emergencies almost in real time For weather forecasters disaster management teams agricultural planners and security agencies such frequent observations could prove invaluable At a time when extreme weather events are

31 Aug 2026
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He Couldn’t Code, Yet He Built an Interactive Website on India’s History!

What if you could slide through years of Indian history and instantly see who ruled different parts of the country at any point in time That is the idea behind BharatRajya an interactive historical atlas that is making India s past easier and far more fascinating to explore And behind it is Mumbai resident Krishna Seshadri a self-described below average dude whose connection to coding was as the project s description humorously puts it little more than his Pincode Yet his -year-old dream of presenting Indian history differently eventually became a working digital platform with a little help from generative AI From Dates and Dynasties to StoriesSeshadri had long been frustrated by the way history is often taught For him history becomes memorable when it is told as a story rather than presented as a long list of dates and events BharatRajya was born from that belief The website allows

30 Aug 2026
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HAL and Safran Join Forces to Build India’s First High-Power Helicopter Engine

India is taking a major step towards building its own high-power helicopter engines Hindustan Aeronautics Limited HAL and France s Safran Helicopter Engines have signed an agreement to jointly develop Aravalli a new shaft horsepower engine in India The engine is being developed for HAL s -tonne Indian Multi-Role Helicopter IMRH and its naval variant the Deck-Based Multi-Role Helicopter DBMRH The programme is being undertaken through SAFHAL Helicopter Engines Pvt Ltd a joint venture between HAL and Safran It will cover not just development but also lifecycle support for the engine From Licensed Production to Homegrown TechnologyWhat makes the Aravalli programme particularly significant is the shift it represents For years India has relied heavily on foreign technology and licensed production for several critical aerospace systems This project aims to move beyond assembly and production towards joint design and development of a high-power helicopter engine in India Indian engineers will work

30 Aug 2026
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TIME’s AI 100 Has an Indian Scientist: Anima Anandkumar

Artificial Intelligence is often associated with chatbots images and language models But Professor Anima Anandkumar is pushing it into a far bigger arena the physical world The Indian-born scientist has been named among TIME s Most Influential People in AI recognising her pioneering work at the intersection of artificial intelligence and scientific discovery Anandkumar said that bringing AI and science together has been the focus of her work for the past decade with the goal of making the simulation and understanding of the physical world dramatically faster Her research spans weather forecasting nuclear fusion quantum chemistry medicine and semiconductor technology What Makes Her AI Research Different One of Anandkumar s major contributions is Neural Operators AI techniques designed to learn and simulate complex physical systems In simple terms these models can help scientists predict how physical phenomena behave without relying entirely on enormously expensive and time-consuming simulations The potential is

30 Aug 2026
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